History Main / JudgementOfParis

* One of the best-known songs in the operetta ''Theater/LaBelleHelene'' is Paris [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyiHIOd8RTk recounting the episode]] to the prophet Calchas. In this version the goddesses don't actively bribe him, instead putting forth her chastity (Minerva), her birth and pride (Juno), while Venus didn't say a thing... but got the apple anyway.

* Averted in ''ComicBook/AgeOfBronze'': In keeping with the de-mythificated nature of the work, the judgement is a dream Paris had which he uses to justify his kidnapping Helen, and even then he only narrates it.

* In one episode of ''Series/{{Poirot}}'', the Judgement of Paris was the key to unveiling the murderer. When a young playwright mentioned the subject, the widow of the murdered man mistakenly thought he was talking about the fashion judgement of the city. This struck him as odd, since at a previous meeting he had discussed Trojan myth with her at length (it turned out she had a double).

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* In one episode of ''Series/{{Poirot}}'', the Judgement of Paris was the key to unveiling the murderer. When a young playwright mentioned the subject, the widow of the murdered man mistakenly thought he was talking about the fashion judgement of the city. This struck him as odd, since at a previous meeting he had discussed Trojan myth with her at length (it turned out she had a body double).

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[[IThoughtItMeant Has nothing do with the judicial system in a French city]].

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[[IThoughtItMeant Has nothing do with the judicial system in a French city]], or with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judgment_of_Paris_%28wine%29 a 1976 blind taste test that saw California wines rated better than French ones in the same French city]].

The JudgementOfParis is a popular topic for artists in classical and renaissance period. The story itself is part of the background of Literature/TheIliad and connected to the story of the original AppleOfDiscord. In order to not make the decision himself, Zeus gave the decision of whom to give the Apple of Discord to Paris. He had to choose out of Hera, Athena and Aphrodite.

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The JudgementOfParis Judgement of Paris is a popular topic for artists in classical and renaissance period. The story itself is part of the background of Literature/TheIliad and connected to the story of the original AppleOfDiscord. In order to not make the decision himself, Zeus gave the decision of whom to give the Apple of Discord to Paris. He had to choose out of Hera, Athena and Aphrodite.

!!References* In one episode of ''Series/{{Poirot}}'', the Judgement of Paris was the key to unveiling the murderer. When a young playwright mentioned the subject, the widow of the murdered man mistakenly thought he was talking about the fashion judgement of the city. This struck him as odd, since at a previous meeting he had discussed Trojan myth with her at length (it turned out she had a double).

* Rubens ([[BigBeautifulWoman that guy]]) was very fond of this one. He painted it in 1625, 1636 and 1639. In the earliest, Aphrodite gets a choir of angel like beings to adorn her as the winner. In all three at least one of the losers is turned away from the viewer which helps to show the dejection.

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* Rubens ([[BigBeautifulWoman that guy]]) Creator/PeterPaulRubens was very fond of this one. He painted it in 1625, 1636 and 1639. In the earliest, Aphrodite gets a choir of angel like beings to adorn her as the winner. In all three at least one of the losers is turned away from the viewer which helps to show the dejection.

Aphrodite was the eventual winner and goddess of beauty, love and lust. She won by bribing Paris with the most beautiful woman in the world. Correspondingly, she is often shown being the happier of three (the other two will be looking away or standing apart) and she will be attended by her son Eros/Cupid. The apple may be in hers, Hermes or Paris's hand.

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Aphrodite was the eventual winner and goddess of beauty, love and lust. She won by bribing Paris with the most beautiful woman in the world.world, Helen (she was married to someone else, but [[Literature/TheIliad surely that's not going to cause any long-term problems]]). Correspondingly, she is often shown being the happier of three (the other two will be looking away or standing apart) and she will be attended by her son Eros/Cupid. The apple may be in hers, Hermes or Paris's hand.

* Jan Both and Cornelis van Poelenburgh collaborated on one. Van Poelenburgh did the figures while [[WhosOnFirst Both]]) did the landscape. This may have influenced the decision to set the scene further from the viewer, giving Both's landscape more prominence. Thus, the figures are less detailed and have little to signify them as deities or specific individuals, though there is still one goddess turned away and a child clinging at Aphrodite's leg. Hermes is not apparent, though a crowned older bearded figure (presumably Zeus) is in the picture. Hera is also depicted as a more mature woman.

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* Jan Both and Cornelis van Poelenburgh collaborated on one. Van Poelenburgh did the figures while [[WhosOnFirst Both]]) Both]] did the landscape. This may have influenced the decision to set the scene further from the viewer, giving Both's landscape more prominence. Thus, the figures are less detailed and have little to signify them as deities or specific individuals, though there is still one goddess turned away and a child clinging at Aphrodite's leg. Hermes is not apparent, though a crowned older bearded figure (presumably Zeus) is in the picture. Hera is also depicted as a more mature woman.

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